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A $9M USD luxury Yacht That Sparked a Tennis Media Storm
A luxury catamaran recently found itself at the center of an unexpected controversy. Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz made waves earlier this year when he purchased a custom Sunreef Ultima 88, an 88-foot catamaran valued at approximately $9 million USD . A stunning vessel by any measure — but what happened next had little to do with sailing.
The purchase caught the attention of veteran tennis coach Riccardo Piatti, who jokingly suggested that a stricter coach would never have allowed such a buy, drawing comparisons to how legendary coach Toni Nadal once stopped a young Rafael Nadal from purchasing a boat to keep him focused on tennis.
That single offhand joke about a yacht spiraled into fabricated quotes, viral headlines, and a former coach having to issue a public statement with transcript receipts just to clear his name.
Sometimes the most talked-about thing on a luxury catamaran isn't the vessel itself — it's everything that happens on dry land because of it.
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